BILL NUMBER: AB 839	CHAPTERED  04/15/99

	CHAPTER   14
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   APRIL 15, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   APRIL 15, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   APRIL 12, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   MARCH 25, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maldonado

                        FEBRUARY 24, 1999

   An act relating to state employees, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 839, Maldonado.  State employees:  memorandum of understanding.

   Existing law provides that if any provision of a memorandum of
understanding reached between the state employer and a recognized
employee organization representing state civil service employees
requires the expenditure of funds, those provisions of the memorandum
of understanding shall not become effective unless approved by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
   This bill would approve provisions that require the expenditure of
funds of a memorandum of understanding entered into between the
state employer and a specified employee organization, and would
provide that the provisions of any memorandum of understanding that
require the expenditure of funds shall become effective even if the
provisions of the memorandum of understanding are approved by the
Legislature in legislation other than the annual Budget Act.
  The bill would also declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The provisions of the memorandum of understanding
prepared pursuant to Section 3517.5 of the Government Code and
entered into by the state employer and State Bargaining Unit 18, the
California Association of Psychiatric Technicians Employees, and that
require the expenditure of funds, are hereby approved for the
purposes of Section 3517.6 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 3517.6 of the Government Code, the
provisions of any memorandum of understanding that require the
expenditure of funds shall become effective even if the provisions of
the memorandum of understanding are approved by the Legislature in
legislation other than the annual Budget Act.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order for the provisions of this act to be applicable as soon
as possible in the 1999-2000 fiscal year, and so facilitate the
orderly administration of state government at the earliest possible
time, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
